Nela's Art Chat

By Nela Dunato

Nela's Art Chat is a video series where the artist Nela Dunato shares a time-lapse recording of her drawing and painting process, accompanied by her voice commentary and tips on the topics of art, design, creativity, personal growth, and fulfillment. Watch Nela's artworks evolve from a rough sketch to a finished piece!

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Sometimes you put in a ton of effort into an artwork and in the end you realize that it just sucks. It doesn’t look anything like you’ve envisioned it, and you feel like you’ve just wasted a lot of time on something that wasn’t worth it. In today’s episode of Nela’s Art Chat you can watch me paint a mermaid that did not turn out the way I wanted, while I talk about 4 different ways you can deal with similar “art fails” of your own.
Video & Transcript: http://neladunato.com/blog/coping-when-art-turns-out-bad-mermaid-painting/
Music from filmmusic.io
“Beauty Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

What if you don’t want to be a professional artist? What if you want to remain an amateur forever, or at least at the moment? There’s a lot of pressure on creatives to earn money with their skills, and I can tell you from personal experience that sometimes it’s not a wise thing to do. I’m much happier keeping my drawing and painting practice personal, and in this episode I’ll tell you why I made this choice.
Video & Transcript: http://neladunato.com/blog/art-just-hobby-creepy-portrait-drawing-process/
Music from filmmusic.io
“Beauty Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Inktober, Mermay, Drawing August, 100 days project, 36 days of type... there's no shortage of art challenges, and many of us are asking ourselves "Should I do one this year?" If you've never done an art challenge, in this episode of Nela's Art Chat I give you some of my tips on how to decide, and how to prepare if you do end up doing one.
In the video (link below), you can watch a time lapse of my ink mermaid drawing from start to finish.
Video & Transcript: http://neladunato.com/blog/should-you-do-art-challenge-mermaid-drawing-process/
Music from filmmusic.io
"Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)